Necktie attachment.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

W. A.. BAUER. NEGKTIE ATTACHMENT Al rmculgm FILED FEB. 5, 190a.

w mm M M m m Z W WITNESSES ATTOHNE YS' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. BAUER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILLIAH A. BAUER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in NecktieAttachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrition.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a very simple attachment to afour-in-hand or other tie, scarf, or necktie, and an accompanying devicewhereby to conveniently and expeditiously shift the tie when used inconnection with a turn-down collar, to bring the knot at the properposition relatively to the front of the shirt.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof'this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a view of the rear portion of a collar and shirt to which itis applied, a

ortion of the collar being broken away to ifiustrate the central backportion of a necktie and the improved attachment applied thereto; andFig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the tie and attachment,and the device employed for shifting the tie.

A represents a turn-down collar which is secured in the customary mannerto a shirt A, and B represents the rear central portion of the neck bandof a tie, a four-in-hand, for

example, or a bow tie, or the equivalents thereof. At the inner or outerface of the said band B, at the rear central portion thereof, a strip ora late 10 is located, which may be madeof ce uloid, metal, or of anysuitable or approved material, and this plate or strip 10 is so securedto the band of the tie as to form a pocket 11, a loop or an eyelet, orother receptacle or purchase section for the reception of an implement Cthat is independent of the tie and is to be used to shift the tie whenso desired. When a celluloid or metal plate, or a strip of fabric isemployed to roduce the said purchase section or poo 6i it is secured tothe band of the tie by means of stitching 13 or its equivalent, whichstitching extends along the top and bottom of the strip employed, andalong one end, leaving the other end open, and in order Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1908.

l I l l 1 l I Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Serial No. 414,356.

that the aforesaid implement C may be readily introduced into the saidpocket or urchase section of the tie, a recess 12 is ma e at its openend, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The implement C above referred to, consists of a head section 15 that isadapted to enter the pocket or purchase section 10 attached to the bandof the tie, and a handle 14 that is at an angle to the said head or bodysection of the implement, which handle is preferably given a curvatureso that it will extend in direction of one shoulder of the wearer, andthus permit the said implement to be readily operated. The implement Cis entirely independent of the tie and the purchase section or pocketapplied thereto, and the said implement C may be made of metal,celluloid, wood, or any suitable material having SllfliOlGIlll stabilityfor the purpose intended.

In operation, when the necktie has been suitably tied, and the knot isto be shifted so as to occupy a central position relatively to the frontof the bosom of the shirt A, the head or body portion 15 of theimplement C is introduced into the pocket or purchase section 10 of thetie, and the handle is grasped by the operator and the tie is thenshifted until the knot has assumed its proper position relatively to thefront of the shirt.

I desire it to be understood that, instead of the head 15 constitutingan integral portion of the handle 14, 'a clamp or clip of any approvedconstruction may be substituted,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

1. A necktie provided with a purchase section at its rear, and animplement adapted to enter the said purchase section for the purpose ofshifting the tie.

2. A necktie provided with a purchase section at its rear and animplement adapted to enter the said purchase section for the purpose ofshifting the tie, which implement consists of a head section that entersthe purchase section of the tie, and a handle section that is at anangle to the head section.

3. The combination with the band of a necktie having a pocket formed atits rear portion at a point about centrally between its ends, of animplement adapted to shift the said tie when in position on a collar,which implement consists of a head or body section that is adapted toenter the said pocket, and a handle at an angle to the said head or bodysection, that extends downwardly therefrom l or loop, and a handle whichis curved downwhen applied to the saidtie. wardly from the said bodysection and is at 4. The combination with the necktie band an anglethereto, as described. of a necktie, of a pocket or loop formed at itsIn testimony whereof I have signed my rear outer portion at or about itscenter, name to this specification in the presence of 15 which pocket isopen at one end and at said two subscribing witnesses. open end isprovided with a recess in its'free WILLIAM A. BAUER. v edge, of animplement for shifting the said Witnesses:

tie, which implement consists of a head or i HEBER M. LAMON, 10 bodysection adapted to enter the said pocket l WM. J. THOMAS.

